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Our team of experts bring you evidence-based health advice you can trust, covering everything from food and nutrients, specific health and medical topics to exercise, weight loss, diet trends and mental health.

Make healthy happen this year!

Make healthy happen this year!

Five easy steps to get healthier and feel better. One of...

Eight steps to a healthy, happy Christmas

Eight steps to a healthy, happy Christmas

Here are some great ideas to help enjoy the festive...

How to make a gluten-free Christmas cake

How to make a gluten-free Christmas cake

It’s December again. Christmas sales, decorations, carol singing at bedtime....

Sensational summer dressings

Sensational summer dressings

Find salads a bit dull and boring? A delicious, healthy...

Do you know how many calories you’re drinking?

Do you know how many calories you’re drinking?

Drinks – both alcoholic and sugary – have been in...

Is it time to change your taste buds?

Is it time to change your taste buds?

Apart from the odd blue cheese and crackers moment and...

One in five Kiwis are at risk: are you one of them?

One in five Kiwis are at risk: are...

Look around next time you are in a group, on...

Gluten-free cookbooks and websites

Gluten-free cookbooks and websites

There’s a wealth of websites, blogs and cookbooks out there...

Gluten-free blueberry crumble cake

Gluten-free blueberry crumble cake

This is a favourite Healthy Food Guide recipe that Niki...

Could you eat healthily just from takeaways?

Could you eat healthily just from takeaways?

Recently I was booked on a trans-Tasman flight with my...

Love a good curry?

Love a good curry?

Here are some delicious, healthy recipes you just have to...

Should you give up grains?

Should you give up grains?

I notice low-carb diets are doing the rounds again, in...

Gluten-free summer – the joy of barbecues

Gluten-free summer – the joy of barbecues

Before I was diagnosed as gluten-intolerant, I wasn’t very fond...

Tired? Struggling to lose weight? You might be missing something…

Tired? Struggling to lose weight? You might be...

Did you know that most New Zealanders are mildly iodine...

Six easy steps to reset your health

Six easy steps to reset your health

The other day I read an article in a women’s...

Eight ideas to make healthy cooking quicker

Eight ideas to make healthy cooking quicker

Here are my top eight ideas to help make quick...

Cuisines of the world

Cuisines of the world

Being gluten-free doesn’t mean that you have to restrict the...

Time for blokes to ‘man up’ and get healthier

Time for blokes to ‘man up’ and get...

It’s Blue September, which means men will hopefully be getting...

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